[Verse 1] White tile floor You peel the gloves from your tired hands Name tag shines Like a halo in fluorescent bands I bring the dead You breathe the breath back into me Cold-room kiss Under sheets meant for the deceased [Chorus] This is our autopsy of a heart Ribcage open just to tear it apart Cut me in two I will still choose you Carve out the guilt But it bleeds right through I lie in the light of my patient's eyes Then drown in the dark where your shadow lies God I'm so alive in your sterile arms And it's killing everything I love [Verse 2] Your laugh Echoes down corridors meant for prayers I scrub Her lipstick ghosts from my collar there Little shoes By the door like question marks Tiny hands Reach for mine in the falling dark [Pre-Chorus] I wear this ring Like a bandage pulled too tight You trace its edge Say “You never take off your lies” (oh) [Chorus] This is our autopsy of a heart Ribcage open just to tear it apart Cut me in two I will still choose you Carve out the guilt But it bleeds right through I lie in the light of my patient’s eyes Then drown in the dark where your shadow lies God I'm so alive in your sterile arms And it's killing everything I love [Bridge] [Music drops to low organ and toms] I sign the forms You close the wound We trade our vows In the break room gloom You say my name Like a last rite prayer I taste forever And formaldehyde air Will she smell you In my funeral suit Will my daughter learn What her father refused Two men in a corner Burning like a curse We keep this love hidden And it only gets worse (worse, worse) [Chorus] This is our autopsy of a heart Ribcage open just to tear it apart Cut me in two I will still choose you Carve out the guilt But it bleeds right through I lie in the light of my patient’s eyes Then drown in the dark where your shadow lies God I'm so alive in your gentle harm And it's killing everything Yeah It's killing everything I love

metal, Dark romantic goth metal with twin male vocals trading lines; downtuned guitars in waltz-time verses, drums half-choking the groove, then explode into double-kick on the chorus. Pipe-organ-style keys and choirs in the background, bass crawling under everything. Big, tragic bridge that drops to near a whisper before one last towering, desperate chorus., romantic

Autopsy of a Heart